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Κεφάλαιο 38
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Chapter 38
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ΜΕΤΑ δὲ τὸ παύσασθαι ᾿Ελιοὺν τῆς λέξεως εἶπεν ὁ Κύριος τῷ ᾿Ιὼβ διὰ λαίλαπος καὶ νεφῶν·
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And after Elius had ceased from speaking, the Lord spoke to Job through the whirlwind and clouds, saying,
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τίς οὗτος ὁ κρύπτων με βουλήν, συνέχων δὲ ρήματα ἐν καρδίᾳ, ἐμὲ δὲ οἴεται κρύπτειν;
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Who is this that hides counsel from me, and confines words in his heart, and thinks to conceal them from me?
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ζῶσαι ὥσπερ ἀνὴρ τὴν ὀσφύν σου, ἐρωτήσω δέ σε, σὺ δέ μοι ἀποκρίθητι.
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Gird thy loins like a man; and I will ask thee, and do thou answer me.
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ποῦ ἦς ἐν τῷ θεμελιοῦν με τὴν γῆν; ἀπάγγειλον δέ μοι εἰ ἐπίστῃ σύνεσιν.
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Where wast thou when I founded the earth? tell me now, if thou hast knowledge,
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τίς ἔθετο τὰ μέτρα αὐτῆς, εἰ οἶδας; ἢ τίς ὁ ἐπαγαγὼν σπαρτίον ἐπ᾿ αὐτῆς;
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who set the measures of it, if thou knowest? or who stretched a line upon it?
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ἐπὶ τίνος οἱ κρίκοι αὐτῆς πεπήγασι; τίς δέ ἐστιν ὁ βαλὼν λίθον γωνιαῖον ἐπ᾿ αὐτῆς;
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On what are its rings fastened? and who is he that laid the corner-stone upon it?
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ὅτε ἐγενήθησαν ἄστρα, ᾔνεσάν με φωνῇ μεγάλῃ πάντες ἄγγελοί μου.
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When the stars were made, all my angels praised me with a loud voice.
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ἔφραξα δὲ θάλασσαν πύλαις, ὅτε ἐμαιοῦτο ἐκ κοιλίας μητρὸς αὐτῆς ἐκπορευομένη.
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And I shut up the sea with gates, when it rushed out, coming forth out of its mother's womb.
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ἐθέμην δὲ αὐτῇ νέφος ἀμφίασιν, ὁμίχλῃ δὲ αὐτὴν ἐσπαργάνωσα.
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And I made a cloud its clothing, and swathed it in mist.
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ἐθέμην δὲ αὐτῇ ὅρια, περιθεὶς κλεῖθρα καὶ πύλας.
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And I set bounds to it, surrounding it with bars and gates.
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εἶπα δὲ αὐτῇ· μέχρι τούτου ἐλεύσῃ καὶ οὐχ ὑπερβήσῃ, ἀλλ᾿ ἐν σεαυτῇ συντριβήσεταί σου τὰ κύματα.
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And I said to it, Hitherto shalt thou come, but thou shalt not go beyond, but thy waves shall be confined within thee.
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ἦ ἐπὶ σοῦ συντέταχα φέγγος πρωϊνόν; ἑωσφόρος δὲ εἶδε τὴν ἑαυτοῦ τάξιν
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Or did I order the morning light in thy time; and did the morning star then first see his appointed place;
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ἐπιλαβέσθαι πτερύγων γῆς, ἐκτινάξαι ἀσεβεῖς ἐξ αὐτῆς;
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to lay hold of the extremities of the earth, to cast out the ungodly out of it?
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ἦ σὺ λαβὼν γῆν πηλὸν ἔπλασας ζῷον καὶ λαλητὸν αὐτὸν ἔθου ἐπ‘Ι γῆς;
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Or didst thou take clay of the ground, and form a living creature, and set it with the power of speech upon the earth?
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ἀφεῖλες δὲ ἀπὸ ἀσεβῶν τὸ φῶς, βραχίονα δὲ ὑπερηφάνων συνέτριψας;
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And hast thou removed light from the ungodly, and crushed the arm of the proud?
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ἦλθες δὲ ἐπὶ πηγὴν θαλάσσης, ἐν δὲ ἴχνεσιν ἀβύσσου περιεπάτησας;
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Or hast thou gone to the source of the sea, and walked in the tracks of the deep?
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ἀνοίγονταί δέ σοι φόβῳ πύλαι θανάτου, πυλωροὶ δὲ ᾅδου ἰδόντες σε ἔπτηξαν;
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And do the gates of death open to thee for fear; and did the porters of hell quake when they saw thee?
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νενουθέτησαι δὲ τὸ εὖρος τῆς ὑπ᾿ οὐρανόν; ἀνάγγειλον δή μοι, πόση τίς ἐστι;
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And hast thou been instructed in the breadth of the whole earth under heaven? tell me now, what is the extent of it?
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ἐν ποίᾳ δὲ γῇ αὐλίζεται τὸ φῶς; σκότους δὲ ποῖος ὁ τόπος;
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And in what kind of a land does the light dwell? and of what kind is the place of darkness?
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εἰ ἀγάγοις με εἰς ὅρια αὐτῶν; εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐπίστασαι τρίβους αὐτῶν;
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If thou couldest bring me to their utmost boundaries, and if also thou knowest their paths;
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οἶδας ἄρα ὅτι τότε γεγέννησαι, ἀριθμὸς δὲ ἐτῶν σου πολύς;
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I know then that thou wert born at that time, and the number of thy years is great.
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ἦλθες δὲ ἐπὶ θησαυροὺς χιόνος, θησαυροὺς δὲ χαλάζης ἑώρακας;
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But hast thou gone to the treasures of snow? and hast thou seen the treasures of hail?
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ἀπόκειται δέ σοι εἰς ὥραν ἐχθρῶν εἰς ἡμέραν πολέμων καὶ μάχης;
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And is there a store of them, for thee against the time of thine enemies, for the day of wars and battle?
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πόθεν δὲ ἐκπορεύεται πάχνη ἢ διασκεδάννυται νότος εἰς τὴν ὑπ᾿ οὐρανόν;
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And whence proceeds the frost? or whence is the south wind dispersed over the whole world under heaven?
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τίς δὲ ἡτοίμασεν ὑετῷ λάβρῳ ρύσιν, ὁδὸν δὲ κυδοιμῶν
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And who prepared a course for the violent rain, and a way for the thunders;
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τοῦ ὑετίσαι ἐπὶ γῆν, οὗ οὐκ ἀνήρ, ἔρημον, οὗ οὐχ ὑπάρχει ἄνθρωπος ἐν αὐτῇ,
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to rain upon the land where there is no man, the wilderness, where there is not a man in it; so as to feed the untrodden and uninhabited land,
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τοῦ χορτάσαι ἄβατον καὶ ἀοίκητον καὶ τοῦ ἐκβλαστῆσαι ἔξοδον χλόης;
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and cause it to send forth a crop of green herbs?
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τίς ἐστιν ὑετοῦ πατήρ; τίς δέ ἐστιν ὁ τετοκὼς βώλους δρόσου,
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Who is the rain's father? and who has generated the drops of dew?
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ἐκ γαστρὸς δέ τίνος ἐκπορεύεται ὁ κρύσταλλος; πάχνην δὲ ἐν οὐρανῷ τίς τέτοκεν,
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And out of whose womb comes the ice? and who has produced the frost in the sky,
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ἣ καταβαίνει ὥσπερ ὕδωρ ρέον; πρόσωπον ἀσεβοῦς τίς ἔπληξε;
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which descends like flowing water? who has terrified the face of the ungodly?
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συνῆκας δὲ δεσμὸν Πλειάδος καὶ φραγμὸν ᾿Ωρίωνος ἤνοιξας;
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And dost thou understand the band of Pleias, and hast thou opened the barrier of Orion?
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ἦ διανοίξεις μαζουρὼθ ἐν καιρῷ αὐτοῦ καὶ ῞Εσπερον ἐπὶ κόμης αὐτοῦ ἄξεις αὐτά;
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Or wilt thou reveal Mazuroth in his season, and the evening star with his rays? Wilt thou guide them?
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ἐπίστασαι δὲ τροπὰς οὐρανοῦ ἢ τὰ ὑπ᾿ οὐρανὸν ὁμοθυμαδὸν γινόμενα;
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And knowest thou the changes of heaven, or the events which take place together under heaven?
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καλέσεις δὲ νέφος φωνῇ, καὶ τρόμῳ ὕδατος λάβρου ὑπακούσεταί σου;
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And wilt thou call a cloud with thy voice, and will it obey thee with a violent shower of much rain?
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ἀποστελεῖς δὲ κεραυνοὺς καὶ πορεύσονται; ἐροῦσι δέ σοι· τί ἐστι;
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And wilt thou send lightnings, and they shall go? and shall they say to thee, What is thy pleasure?
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τίς δὲ ἔδωκε γυναιξὶν ὑφάσματος σοφίαν ἢ ποικιλτικὴν ἐπιστήμην;
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And who has given to women skill in weaving, or knowledge of embroidery?
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τίς δὲ ὁ ἀριθμῶν νέφη σοφίᾳ, οὐρανὸν δὲ εἰς γῆν ἔκλινε;
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And who is he that numbers the clouds in wisdom, and has bowed the heaven down to the earth?
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κέχυται δὲ ὥσπερ γῆ κονία, κεκόλληκα δὲ αὐτὸν ὥσπερ λίθῳ κύβον.
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For it is spread out as dusty earth, and I have cemented it as one hewn stone to another.
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θηρεύσεις δὲ λέουσι βοράν, ψυχὰς δὲ δρακόντων ἐμπρήσεις;
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And wilt thou hunt a prey for the lions? and satisfy the desires of the serpents?
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δεδοίκασι γὰρ ἐν κοίταις αὐτῶν, κάθηνται δὲ ἐν ὕλαις ἐνεδρεύοντες.
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For they fear in their lairs, and lying in wait couch in the woods.
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τίς δὲ ἡτοίμασε κόρακι βοράν; νεοσσοὶ γὰρ αὐτοῦ πρὸς Κύριον κεκράγασι πλανώμενοι, τὰ σῖτα ζητοῦντες.
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And who has prepared food for the raven? for its young ones wander and cry to the Lord, in search of food.
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